They smelled of pubs and Wormwood Scrubs and too many right wing meetings. "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" - The Jam
Summit League · Scheels Center · January 15, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread NDSU -5.5 Home covered
O/U 151.5 Under
Money NDSU -245 / SDST +200
Model Predictions
Spread Total NDSU win
Actual NDSU +11 141 Won
Massey NDSU -6.0 (+5.0)
Massey Totals 154.8 (-13.8)
Bradley-Terry 85%
Weighted B-T 87%
Efficiency Plus ML NDSU -6.9 (+4.1) 148.5 (-7.5) 76%
Baseline Tuned ML NDSU -5.9 (+5.1) 150.1 (-9.1) 77%
Baseline ML NDSU -6.8 (+4.2) 149.7 (-8.7) 77%
Baseline Plus ML NDSU -7.0 (+4.0) 151.1 (-10.1) 80%

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Feb 19, 2026 NDSU 7466 SDST
Feb 20, 2025 NDSU 7768 SDST
Jan 31, 2025 SDST 7262 NDSU
Mar 2, 2024 SDST 7861 NDSU
Feb 2, 2024 NDSU 7473 SDST

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings NDSU SDST
Overall 27-8 14-18
Conference 14-2 7-9
Home 13-1 9-4
Away 10-5 4-10
Neutral 4-2 1-4
Last 5 4-1 2-3
Streak L1 L2
Avg Pts For 78.7 74.4
Avg Pts Against 71.4 74.5
Massey 2.4 (#133) -0.1 (#168)
Bradley-Terry 0.43 (#135) -0.71 (#229)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.60 (#125) -0.62 (#210)
RPI 0.509 (#155) 0.465 (#242)
Shooting & Four Factors NDSU SDST
FG% 44.4% 44.7%
3PT% 32.9% 33.6%
REB / G 36.6 36.1
OREB / G 13.4 10.9
AST / TO 1.25 1.18
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.4% 51.4%
TOV% 16.4% 17.0%
ORB% 36.2% 30.7%
FT Rate 23.5% 24.5%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 51.6% 50.9%
Opp TOV% 20.5% 15.8%
DRB% 69.1% 71.3%
Opp FT Rate 23.4% 26.4%

Game Analysis

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